You would think that with being home so much I would be getting more done than ever, but I am finding it hard to get everything done. We decided against taking G to daycare at this time, for many reasons that I don’t necessarily need to discuss right now. Watching him, while working, and making 3 meals a day for all of us has kept me very busy. Here is what we have been eating since my last post:
Friday, we both ate leftovers from Thursday for lunch (chicken, sweet potatoes, and green beans). We broke the pantry challenge for one night and got take out from one of our many favorite local restaurants, St. Kilda Surf and Turf. M had the reuben and I had fish tacos. We shared an order of brussel sprouts. I know it was cheating and I don’t plan to eat out very much because I know we could still catch the virus this way, but I also want to help out our local businesses and it was really nice to have our first cooking break. I also had drinks via video chat. It has been fun actually digging into some of the liquor that we hardly ever drink too. Maybe we can use some of that up as well. I used some grapefruit juice with agave and a splash of Tito’s.
Saturday, we more Thursday ate more leftovers and we made a frozen pizza for dinner (also made some ranch dressing for the pizza using oatmilk, mayo and ranch seasoning), followed by popcorn and a movie. I think a couple of waffles were eaten in there somewhere too. We haven’t watched an actual movie together in ages. G takes so much of my time, even when he is asleep. I always have to clean up after dinner and do G’s laundry (diapers every 2 days). I typically finish with everything about an hour before bed.
Sunday, we made some of our keto pancake mix for breakfast. We went through a bunch of M’s old beers from different times he made beer. Most of them weren’t very good, but there was a beer leftover from 10 years ago (his toasted marshmallow stout) that was actually still good. It was nice to go through some of those. Obviously well overdue. We didn’t really make dinner Sunday, but just kind of snacked. M went to the gas station to fill my car with gas and picked up some tortilla chips. I made a cowboy caviar type dip using corn, black beans, red onion, chipotle sauce, chili powder, cumin, lime juice (we have a bottle in the fridge), and minced garlic.
Monday, we were lazy and didn’t make M’s lunch so he ended up eating the rest of the not so good sourdough. Poor guy. I made sourdough crackers because I am about out of flour and needed something that didn’t require much flour to go with my sourdough discard from feeding the starter on Sunday. I had those crackers as my lunch with some of the ranch I made over the weekend. I ordered more flour from Azure Standard. Hopefully we get it at some point soon, but I have no idea when it will come. I made chili (ground turkey, kidney beans, diced tomatoes, black beans (the rest of the can from when I made cowboy caviar), red onion, carrot, the rest of the chipotles in adobo, chili powder, minced garlic, cumin, salt, peper, and a whole carton of chicken broth).
Tuesday, we both ate leftover chili for lunch. I also had an apple with raisins, peanut butter, and walnuts. For dinner, I made french toast using the rest of our frozen bread, eggs, almond milk, honey, and salt. We also had one leftover apple sausage that I sliced and fried in the pan. It was really good! M also made himself asian chicken and green beans over rice for lunch Today and tomorrow.
Today, I ate the last of the chia seed pudding that M made on Sunday. I forgot to mention that earlier. We have been eating that as snack too. I also baked some chickpeas in the oven with olive oil and seasonings. I am pretty hungry so I need to figure out what else to make. Just haven’t found the time yet.
On a completely different note, 2 nights ago we had someone on the side of our house with a flashlight. We only know because our blink camera caught him leaving, but him coming toward our house. I reported it to a cop today and sent him the video. A woman just drove by about an hour ago and took a picture of our house. I am not sure if the two are related or if she was taking a picture for different reasons. We bought our house a year ago and maybe she was picturing it for a price comparison or something. I went outside and took a picture of her license plate as she drove back around, just in case. We have never had odd behavior in our neighborhood until now. Hopefully this doesn’t continue.
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